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#62255 What is the most under-appreciated building in FW?
Posted by Willy1 on 23 August 2010 - 09:33 PM
...right now I'm thinking it's the Ridglea Theater!
#42944 7th Street Theater
Posted by Willy1 on 11 January 2008 - 12:27 AM
It was never a bar. It was still owned by the man who had owned it for decades, but something happened to his health and his son sold it - at least that's what I heard around the neighborhood. It was still a working movie theater up until a few years ago. It's a shame that it was lost. I guess the Ridglea is the only old theater left... and really it's not anything like it was back in the day. I remember sneaking in to see Jaws at the Ridglea - I was too young to get in - and that movie scared the crap out of me. I still don't swim in the ocean because of that movie. Well, that and the fact that I actually witnessed a shark attack while I was in Port Aransas as a kid. You'll never catch me in the ocean!
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#13952 Public Art
Posted by Willy1 on 01 July 2005 - 06:10 PM
I personally would like to see more public art in our "cowboys and culture" city... Here is a little run down that compares FW to other cities. Granted this is old - and you can tell since at the time FW had 460,000. But it gives you an idea of how FW stacks up against other cities....
*** City: Dallas Population: 1,036,309
Number of public art works: 160
Value: $17 million
How funded: Ordinance requires 0.50 to 0.75 percent of budget to go to arts.
Bond programs.
Private donations.
City: Cincinnati Population: 350,000
Number of public art works: 36 in downtown
Value: no estimate available
How funded: Private donations,
public/private partnerships.
City: Seattle Population: 516,290
Number of public art works: 250
Value: not available
How funded: One percent for art ordinance;
donations.
City: Fort Worth Population: 460,000
Number of public art works: estimated at 16 downtown and at the museums
Value: no estimate
How funded: Private donation,
corporations.
City: Loveland Population: 40,000
Number of public art works: 163 pieces
Value: $2 million
How funded: Annual sculpture show.
Ordinance sets aside 1 percent of new city projects for arts.
Private and corporate donation.
City: Austin Population: 501,637
Number of public art works: 30 sites
Value: $1.5 million
How funded: One percent of budget for new construction to public art;
private donations.
*** City: Dallas Population: 1,036,309
Number of public art works: 160
Value: $17 million
How funded: Ordinance requires 0.50 to 0.75 percent of budget to go to arts.
Bond programs.
Private donations.
City: Cincinnati Population: 350,000
Number of public art works: 36 in downtown
Value: no estimate available
How funded: Private donations,
public/private partnerships.
City: Seattle Population: 516,290
Number of public art works: 250
Value: not available
How funded: One percent for art ordinance;
donations.
City: Fort Worth Population: 460,000
Number of public art works: estimated at 16 downtown and at the museums
Value: no estimate
How funded: Private donation,
corporations.
City: Loveland Population: 40,000
Number of public art works: 163 pieces
Value: $2 million
How funded: Annual sculpture show.
Ordinance sets aside 1 percent of new city projects for arts.
Private and corporate donation.
City: Austin Population: 501,637
Number of public art works: 30 sites
Value: $1.5 million
How funded: One percent of budget for new construction to public art;
private donations.
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